Angela Merkel defends 'tough' emergency Covid-19 measures

Angela Merkel defends 'tough' emergency Covid-19 measures

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a video address on Saturday defended "tough" new coronavirus restrictions amid the third wave and urged German citizens to "do what is necessary again" to slow the Covid-19 pandemic. Defending the emergency brake measures, Merkel said that the government had weighed whether such tough efforts were necessary.